Muthupet

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Muthupet Pearlpet City
Muthupet Exam Level Municipality town
A view of the lagoon and the ocean beyond
Nickname:  taluka city
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°23′46″N 79°29′38″E / 10.396°N 79.494°E / 10.396; 79.494
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Area	Cauvery Delta
Mandalam	Chola Nadu
Government
• Type	taluka City Town
• Body	Muthupet Town Panchayat
• Chairman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Area
• Total	11.80 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	41,722
Demonym	Muthupettaiyan
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	614704
Area code	04369
Vehicle registration	TN 50
Website	http://www.townpanchayat.in/muthupettai

Muthupet is a panchayat town and taluk in the Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Pearlpet. Muthupet comes under the Thiruthuraipoondi assembly constituency which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly every five years. The current member of the legislative assembly (MLA) is Marimuthu of the Communist Party of India, a part of the Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency), which elects its member of parliament (MP) every five years. The Muthupet city in-town panchayat was constituted in 1962. The town comes under the administrative territory of the Thiruvarur District. It extends over an area of 11.80 km².